Bioethics@

The study
of bioethics is important for scientific and social research, community
life, and education.

Since 1986,
the Bioethics Program at Iowa State University has been
helping professors at this and other universities learn how to incorporate
ethics discussions into their life-science classrooms. Clark Wolf, professor
of philosophy and religious studies, is the director of the Bioethics
Program.

More recently,
Bioethics Outreach efforts have expanded the reach and
scope of bioethics in Iowa to reach K-12 educators, extension personnel,
and other community leaders who bring bioethical information the the public.
Kristen Hessler, lecturer in the philosophy and religious studies department,
is the outreach coordinator for these audiences.